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that has an inflationary effect on the economy. so you may be talking away the money you just gave that employee through the increase. raise prices throughout the economy. >> i have to say, you've now switched your argument from what it was going to do to your business to what it's going to do to the economy. >> very sharp, senator warren. whether a minimum wage increase and why. we've heard all this madness on the other side, especially small business people. we won't be able to pay insurance and the like. is that a real reasonable and persuasive argument? >> no and in fact, we have a real world experiment that tells us about this. in new jersey a few years ago, they raised the minimum wage. they did it in pennsylvania. there was an examination of fast food and it turned out that in new jersey, hiring went up and in pennsylvania, hiring went down. but let me turn this upside down. why aren't we talking about the fact that the total stock market is worth less today than in 2000 and yet, the ceos are getting more and more money. if
that has an inflationary effect on the economy. so you may be talking away the money you just gave that employee through the increase. raise prices throughout the economy. >> i have to say, you've now switched your argument from what it was going to do to your business to what it's going to do to the economy. >> very sharp, senator warren. whether a minimum wage increase and why. we've heard all this madness on the other side, especially small business people. we won't be able to...
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that grow an economy. education, research, infrastructure, manufacturing, make it in america. that's our mantra and do it in a balanced way with reasonable tax and revenue increases that come from ending unnecessary loopholes. >> congressman ryan, do you think the public is still very strong with the president on this? >> i would like to think so. i mean, i think as long as we stand our ground. but leadership is about empowering those grass roots people that were just going door-to-door. and i think we've got to stand firm. even if we have to play the long game, ed, we may have a tough year or two, but there will be midterm elections. and i think we've got to stand for what is right. the top 1% has seen 93% of the income growth in the last few years. we've got to stand up for middle class people in the small businesses. we can't keep having this system where we have economic growth, but it goes primarily to the top. we're not mad at people for getting rich. god bless them. what we're saying is we've got to
that grow an economy. education, research, infrastructure, manufacturing, make it in america. that's our mantra and do it in a balanced way with reasonable tax and revenue increases that come from ending unnecessary loopholes. >> congressman ryan, do you think the public is still very strong with the president on this? >> i would like to think so. i mean, i think as long as we stand our ground. but leadership is about empowering those grass roots people that were just going...
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workers, when we had this big narrative going on in the campaign about american jobs, and building the economy, and you heard this. >> you know, i realize that, you know, bain was kind of the pioneer of this outsourcing business model, you know. and i realized that, number one, it is wrong on so many different levels. you know, essentially what he is talking about is almost a prison camp in communist china. and you know, and i realize that the complete lack of empathy when he talks about the girls stacked three high and he pays them a pittance, when he comes away with a good feeling about it, i thought, this guy is dangerous. he just wandered through the e horrendous place and thought, this is pretty good. he doesn't care good b those girls. he sure as heck doesn't care about the people in illinois or ohio on manufacturing jobs that all of the can companies that he closed down to ship this place -- ship these jobs to china. he doesn't care about the people that are out of work in the u.s. and i said, man, this seems to be his m.o. this is what he does. a vulture capitalist. doesn't care. just
workers, when we had this big narrative going on in the campaign about american jobs, and building the economy, and you heard this. >> you know, i realize that, you know, bain was kind of the pioneer of this outsourcing business model, you know. and i realized that, number one, it is wrong on so many different levels. you know, essentially what he is talking about is almost a prison camp in communist china. and you know, and i realize that the complete lack of empathy when he talks about...
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workers when we had this big narrative going on in the campaign about american jobs and building the economy and you heard this. >> you know, i realize that bain was outsourcing business model. i realized, number one, it's wrong on so many levels. what he's talking about is a prison camp in communist china and i realized that the complete lack of empathy, when he talks about the girls stacked three high. for him to come away with a good feeling about it, i thought this guy is dangerous. he wonders through this horrendous place and thought to himself, this is pretty good. then i realized, wait, he doesn't care about those girls, he sure as heck doesn't care about the people in illinois or ohio or the manufacturing jobs, all the companies he closed down to ship this place, you know, ship these jobs to china. he doesn't care about the people, the auto workers in the u.s. this is his m.o. this is what he does. he's a vulture capitalist and doesn't care even on the basic level. >> his research exposed the horrible conditions in the global tech factory. the report called betting against america's
workers when we had this big narrative going on in the campaign about american jobs and building the economy and you heard this. >> you know, i realize that bain was outsourcing business model. i realized, number one, it's wrong on so many levels. what he's talking about is a prison camp in communist china and i realized that the complete lack of empathy, when he talks about the girls stacked three high. for him to come away with a good feeling about it, i thought this guy is dangerous....
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tax cuts, we don't figure what it's going to do to the economy, but you, you might have to pay for it. there is one senator prepared to filibuster to protect social security, medicare and medicaid. senator bernie sanders will join me in a moment, but president obama, he went to capitol hill today for a closed door meet wg the democrats. senate budget chairwoman patty murray, she revealed a plan with new revenue and spending cuts. nearly $1 trillion over the next ten years. president obama will meet with both parties on capitol hill. meanwhile, chairman paul ryan unveiled his budget plan and listen to how ryan describes republican priorities. >> the most important question isn't how we balance the budget, but why. a budget is a means to an end. an end is the well being of the american people. >> the most important question is how we balance the budget and making sure it's not on the backs of working americans. congressman ryan also made an unfortunate slip. >> this to us is something we're not going to give up on because we're not going to give up on destroying the health care system f
tax cuts, we don't figure what it's going to do to the economy, but you, you might have to pay for it. there is one senator prepared to filibuster to protect social security, medicare and medicaid. senator bernie sanders will join me in a moment, but president obama, he went to capitol hill today for a closed door meet wg the democrats. senate budget chairwoman patty murray, she revealed a plan with new revenue and spending cuts. nearly $1 trillion over the next ten years. president obama will...